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Population in Mauritius compared to Saint Kitts and Nevis: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 46,843 people in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 46,977 in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Population statistics:

  • Mauritius' population is 26.8 times bigger than Saint Kitts and Nevis'.
  • Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while Saint Kitts and Nevis is the 189th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 0.0006% for Saint Kitts and Nevis.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs -0.04% in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis has grown from 46.4K to 47K (1.16% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 33.8% of the population in Mauritius and 21% in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Mauritius vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: live population counter

Mauritius Saint Kitts
Current population
1256649
46977
Population rank 157/197 189/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.0006%
One net population change
5.72 hours
4.29 days
One birth every
40.9 minutes
16 hours
One death every
44.3 minutes
18.8 hours
One migration net change every
3.14 hours
1.86 months
Annual migration change -2,787 -7
Daily growth/decline -4 +0
Annual growth/decline -1,532 +85
Annual growth/decline rate -0.12% +0.18%
Population growth rate rank 172/197 154/197

Mauritius and Saint Kitts and Nevis: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mauritius
Population

Growth rate
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritius Saint Kitts Mauritius Saint Kitts
1960 680,331 55,810 - -
1961 680,757 55,334 0.06% -0.85%
1962 700,349 54,461 2.88% -1.58%
1963 718,861 53,441 2.64% -1.87%
1964 736,381 52,326 2.44% -2.09%
1965 753,000 51,139 2.26% -2.27%
1966 768,813 49,898 2.1% -2.43%
1967 783,917 48,605 1.96% -2.59%
1968 798,413 47,245 1.85% -2.8%
1969 812,405 45,731 1.75% -3.2%
1970 826,000 44,606 1.67% -2.46%
1971 839,230 44,206 1.6% -0.9%
1972 852,053 44,033 1.53% -0.39%
1973 864,819 43,880 1.5% -0.35%
1974 878,042 43,738 1.53% -0.32%
1975 892,000 43,606 1.59% -0.3%
1976 906,507 43,482 1.63% -0.28%
1977 921,379 43,358 1.64% -0.29%
1978 933,499 43,217 1.32% -0.33%
1979 949,888 43,033 1.76% -0.43%
1980 966,039 42,850 1.7% -0.43%
1981 980,462 42,698 1.49% -0.35%
1982 992,521 42,532 1.23% -0.39%
1983 1,001,691 42,334 0.92% -0.47%
1984 1,012,221 42,113 1.05% -0.52%
1985 1,020,528 41,874 0.82% -0.57%
1986 1,028,360 41,618 0.77% -0.61%
1987 1,036,082 41,348 0.75% -0.65%
1988 1,043,239 41,062 0.69% -0.69%
1989 1,051,260 40,758 0.77% -0.74%
1990 1,058,775 40,432 0.71% -0.8%
1991 1,070,266 40,358 1.09% -0.18%
1992 1,084,441 40,715 1.32% 0.88%
1993 1,097,374 41,242 1.19% 1.29%
1994 1,112,846 41,776 1.41% 1.29%
1995 1,122,457 42,326 0.86% 1.32%
1996 1,133,996 42,877 1.03% 1.3%
1997 1,148,284 43,428 1.26% 1.29%
1998 1,160,421 43,998 1.06% 1.31%
1999 1,175,267 44,601 1.28% 1.37%
2000 1,186,873 45,248 0.99% 1.45%
2001 1,196,287 45,761 0.79% 1.13%
2002 1,204,621 46,020 0.7% 0.57%
2003 1,213,370 46,176 0.73% 0.34%
2004 1,221,003 46,315 0.63% 0.3%
2005 1,228,254 46,437 0.59% 0.26%
2006 1,233,996 46,569 0.47% 0.28%
2007 1,239,630 46,706 0.46% 0.29%
2008 1,244,121 46,835 0.36% 0.28%
2009 1,247,429 46,916 0.27% 0.17%
2010 1,250,400 46,846 0.24% -0.15%
2011 1,252,404 46,886 0.16% 0.09%
2012 1,255,882 47,033 0.28% 0.31%
2013 1,258,927 47,069 0.24% 0.08%
2014 1,261,208 47,089 0.18% 0.04%
2015 1,262,879 47,087 0.13% -0.004%
2016 1,263,747 47,075 0.07% -0.03%
2017 1,264,887 47,050 0.09% -0.05%
2018 1,265,577 47,008 0.05% -0.09%
2019 1,265,985 46,952 0.03% -0.12%
2020 1,266,014 46,870 0.002% -0.17%
2021 1,266,334 46,763 0.03% -0.23%
2022 1,262,523 46,709 -0.3% -0.12%
2023 1,261,041 46,758 -0.12% 0.1%
2024 1,259,509 46,843 -0.12% 0.18%
2025 1,256,649 46,920 -0.23% 0.17%
2026 1,253,457 46,992 -0.25% 0.15%
2027 1,250,062 47,049 -0.27% 0.12%
2028 1,246,502 47,093 -0.28% 0.09%
2029 1,242,774 47,112 -0.3% 0.04%
2030 1,238,963 47,132 -0.31% 0.04%
2031 1,234,965 47,125 -0.32% -0.01%
2032 1,230,623 47,105 -0.35% -0.04%
2033 1,225,970 47,066 -0.38% -0.08%
2034 1,220,995 47,007 -0.41% -0.13%
2035 1,215,701 46,930 -0.43% -0.16%
2036 1,210,085 46,825 -0.46% -0.23%
2037 1,204,158 46,717 -0.49% -0.23%
2038 1,197,926 46,594 -0.52% -0.26%
2039 1,191,299 46,463 -0.55% -0.28%
2040 1,184,262 46,315 -0.59% -0.32%
2041 1,176,870 46,154 -0.62% -0.35%
2042 1,169,165 45,983 -0.65% -0.37%
2043 1,161,119 45,783 -0.69% -0.43%
2044 1,152,733 45,579 -0.72% -0.45%
2045 1,144,071 45,362 -0.75% -0.48%
2046 1,135,101 45,147 -0.78% -0.47%
2047 1,125,881 44,925 -0.81% -0.49%
2048 1,116,431 44,699 -0.84% -0.51%
2049 1,106,794 44,478 -0.86% -0.49%
2050 1,097,042 44,251 -0.88% -0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis gained 650 people (a 1.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Saint Kitts and Nevis' population decreased by -110 (a 0.23% decline).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th in 2005 and ranked 189th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Saint Kitts and Nevis will decrease by 5.8% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th.

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